Professional Tennis
It wasn’t the best start for world number one Serena Williams, but the end result was just the same on Tuesday, as the American defeated fifth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova for the 18th consecutive time with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to reach the Australian Open semifinals. Sharapova looked sharp early on, opening up a 2-0 advantage…
The ninth day of the Australian Open gets underway tonight as the first round of quarterfinals in the men’s and women’s singles draw will be played. There a lot of former champions vying for spots in the semifinals: Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, making for great tennis on day nine in…
The PowerShares Series, the tennis circuit for champion players over the age of 30, released its schedule for its 12-city circuit for 2016 that starts in April. The players in the field this year are Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Jim Courier, Mark Phillippoussis, James Blake and Mardy Fish. The final event of the…
Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, James Blake and Mardy Fish will compete in a PowerShares Series event—the circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30—at the Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies, a WTA Premier event to be held Aug. 19-27, at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, it was announced today by Tournament…
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka pushed her way into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, moving past the Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova, 6-2, 6-4. While Strycova hit 23 winners to Azarenka’s 15, she also committed 33 unforced errors, and failed to capitalize on either of her two break point chances. On the other side,…
Canadian Milos Raonic held off an inspired comeback from fourth-seed and former champion Stan Wawrinka on Monday, beating the Swiss 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year. The 13th-seeded Raonic broke for a 5-4 lead in the opening set, and proceeded to consolidate that break with…
If there was any doubt that Novak Djokovic was the best player in the world heading into 2015, those doubts were not only erased, but obliterated from the minds of tennis fans and aficionados. The 28-year-old Serbian put together one of the best seasons in the history of the men’s game in 2015. He won…
While we here on the East Coast will be getting out our jackets and shovels ahead of Winter Storm Jonas making its landing, the tennis world will have its eyes on the other side of the world on the Australian summer, as the third round of the men’s and women’s singles comes to a close…
Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer made his way into the fourth round in Melbourne, moving past Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena on Friday, capturing the 300th win in his career at the four Grand Slams. “I’m pleased. It wasn’t easy,” said Federer. “I didn’t expect it to be…
Former champion Maria Sharapova dominated the third set to hold off American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-0 to win the 600th match of her career and reach the Australian Open fourth round. Sharapova cruised through the opening set 6-1 in just 26 minutes, and opened up an early break advantage in the second to look…